Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 886852748RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,906,609) as filed with the CRA.
Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $6.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $803.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 73 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Assisted living services - bisno operates one 10 bed program one 12 bed program and one 8 bed program where cognitive therapy daily living skills and life long support are facilitated for individuals living with the effects of an aquired brain injury. Community services - bisno provides adaptive life skills and community support services to individuals living with the effects of an acquired brain injury and who are living independently in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $6.9M | $6M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $6.3M | $6.1M | $5.4M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $6M | $6M | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $6.1M | $5.9M | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $5.9M | $5.8M | — | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $803 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions73
- Total compensation, all staff$5.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathon Scully (president); Jennifer Learning (vice chair); Shannon Lane (treasurer); Lianne Byram (secretary); Cheryl Merryweather (director); Salima Oukachbi (director); Kamilah Francis (director); Charles Williams (director); Melissa Felteau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886852748RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.